I didn’t know I wanted a Florida Man douchebro vs. Salt Bae fight til I had to write this today.

I think there is probably plenty of room for everyone in this story to be the asshole. That being said...

I dunno, I found Laurie going to a KKK member’s house, without backup, and somehow being surprised his wife is also a KKK member to be pretty groan-worthy. 

I didn’t see that as cheap, I saw that as a perfect way to display the way Manhattan sees time.

If anything, the finale shows they didn’t take enough lessons from the original Watchmen.

Because it wasn’t mystery box. Mystery box is when you don’t know what’s in it. This is just... not revealing plot for a few episodes because we focused on Angela’s POV? It’s the same sort of “mystery box” that the original Watchmen had. 

Totally agree.

And also the only reason Will Reeves knows is because of a time paradox which is just really cheap. 

I think the show overall had some huge plot holes and conveniences that are hidden beneath a veneer of great acting, dialogue, and production values. I personally think in the final count it holds together really poorly.

I know, can you imagine Justified without the ostentatious way Boyd exclaims ‘RAYLEN GIVENS’?

You can see it coming as far as the first episode to be fair. The clan guy walking around with his hood up in the flashback? It’s Judd’s father, shown in police uniform several times in the photograph in their home.
It sucks that the message here is “just because someone acts nice, doesn’t mean they actually are”, but…

To be fair, they were evil Klan members who were trying to steal the power of a god.

Personally I was disappointed that everything was exactly as it seemed: Yup, Judd and his wife were just evil Klan members.

To be fair to Oscar Isaac, he really really really really really really regrets Poe not dying:

Boyd Crowder was almost on this list. Thankfully Graham Yost and the others came to their senses.

In addition to LOST, I believe Abrams suggested the “kill the seemingly major character early” idea in a few different things. IIRC, Poe was supposed to die in the crash in Force Awakens, but Oscar Isaac talked him out of the idea (“hey, what if I continued making millions of dollars to star in what will undoubtedly…

He all but WAS a replacement. They toured and everything.

Wait...wasn’t Paul Rodgers considered as a Freddie replacement before they took on Adam Lambert?

I did not know that existed. 

Metallica and, oh I dunno, Lou Reed?